From tande.adamson@btinternet.com Wed Sep 25 16:05:29 2013
Subject:The Burn, my little review for what it's worth.

The Burn arrived on Monday and the first surprise on opening the cardboard shipping box was the solid plastic carry case that was inside, with proper foam padding inside for all you gigging pros.

I had heard the Mojo demos over the last year or two and the Leslie simulation struck me as as near as could be to perfection so I had no hesitation in ordering the stand-alone sim. Years ago I had an early VB3 and the sim on that was way better than anything I had ever heard and VB3's last iteration was as great in the rotary department as it was in its tone generation and I understood that the Mojo was even better still.

Let's get the cons ( well my cons at any rate ) out of the way.. There aren't many. I don't like the fascia design, it's fine for the stage but not really for the home.

It is solidly built but perhaps not built like a German Tank. I'm not sure I would like to put my foot on it at a gig. This won't affect me at all and it may be that it is a tough as old boots any way.

I was disappointed to find that my Nord half-moon didn't work the speed switching as things stand. But there is a fix I understand.

OK, that's the cons out of the way.

The pros.. ( simulation of a mic'd Leslie speaker ) It's the sound; the Burn really, really nails it; not 95% but 100%, fast and slow and also tone, capturing the resonance of the plastic horn to perfection. Of course it's not just one cabinet that it can emulate but many, including all the favourites and even a Yamaha R200 3 rotor cabinet and a Memphis ( still bass rotor ) cabinet. Open cabinet or closed, take your pick. Guitar cabinets as well are included in the line up.

Extras to enjoy.. It has an on/off switch so you don't have to pull out the plug each power down. It has a headphone output, nice for recording from and for quiet practice. It has a tube that glows and although not a power output tube, with its distortion circuitry, plus the tube the Burn does the job.

The tone; well I have an old Hammond T200 that just didn't quite marry well with my Vent when the Vent's cabinet modelling was switched on and it didn't really engage well when I had the T200's brightness tab switched on either, but the Burn handles anything I throw at it and sounds sweet and powerful.
Editing is a breeze although you don't need to edit ( for those who just want to switch on and go )
You might though just want a little extra reverb or you might want to create your own cabinet; either way it is kept simple.
The onboard switches for speed change look the same as those on the Vent, but with the Burn there is no noise ( no clicking ) so I use the Burn with it sitting on the top of the organ and use my hand to switch which is not a lot different ( not more difficult ) to using a half-moon switch.
There is a facility for inputting a stereo signal ( L/Mono and R ) and it can provide true stereo by-pass. I'm not sure about this feature though ( when using a mono in signal ) because when I pressed by-pass I got the mono sound just on the left-hand side whereas my Vent routes the mono signal to both outputs which is more useful for me. There maybe a way to have a mono signal by-pass to both channels but I haven't found it yet.

I absolutely love this pedal and I thank Guido for making it available as a stand-alone effect.
If I were allowed only one word to describe the sound that emanates from it, I reckon 'stunning' would just about cover it.
Just my opinion for what it's worth. Thomas.